Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL says there is no obstacle to field trials of its latest Parcelcopter unmanned delivery aircraft in urban areas following completion of an experimental trial in the Bavarian Alps.
The “AW209” designation, revealed in a May 3 presentation to an Italian parliamentary committee by Leonardo (formerly Finmeccanica) CEO Mauro Moretti, is a placeholder for the helicopter division’s next new AgustaWestland product.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Archibald, Pennsylvania and Raytheon Missile System, Tucson, Arizona, have been awarded a combined not-to-exceed...
The U.S. Air Force and Navy service secretaries and members of Congress have complained processing is so slow that U.S. businesses stand to lose Foreign Military Sales because the process is so slow.
The Harpoon Block II+ missile completed another major flight test May 17, setting the stage for upcoming operational tests in another month, says Capt. Jaime Engdahl, U.S. Navy Precision Strike Weapons program manager.
Industry proposals due May 23 could lead to a Mars orbiter launched in 2022 that could help NASA find near-surface ice deposits to support a “semi-permanent” human base in an area that could also sustain life or fossil evidence that it once existed.
Sweden’s investment in new Gripen fighters and diesel-electric submarines is being driven forward by increased Russian aggression in the Baltics, the country’s defense minister says.
NASA and German space agency DLR will jointly sponsor six space analog research efforts selected to assess the effects of the deep space environment on astronaut cognition, sleep and team functioning during missions lasting months to years.
To address the need for greater offensive missile power required to accommodate the call for more naval “distributive lethality,” the U.S. Navy will likely rely more on demand from the field than the normal Pentagon acquisition process, says Gerard Hueber, Raytheon Missiles Systems vice president.
France’s defense procurement agency DGA conducted a first test flight of the Neuron unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator on May 17.
India has advanced the test launch of its Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) to next week – a mission that will mark a big step toward achieving the two-stage-to-orbit (TSTO) launch potential.
The inauguration of a new Taiwanese president is resurrecting concerns of additional cross-Strait tensions, a recent Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report says.
A multi-national science team has made the first-ever orbital detection of magnetic reconnection, the previously theorized explosive process that convert stored magnetic energy from the Sun and Earth into kinetic energy and heat.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $31m U.S. Navy contract for long lead time materials, parts, components to maintain production schedule for eight low-rate initial production Lot 12 F-35As for The Netherlands. Work complete March 2021. SPACE SYSTEMS LORAL will build Intelsat 39, providing data networking/video distribution in Africa, Europe, the Middle Eastå and Asia, replacing Intelsat 902, launched in 2001.
Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s acquisition chief, sounds ready to continue on in his role should the next president request him to stay. Asked at the Washington think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies whether he would serve in a new administration, Kendall said, “The short answer is yes. I think I’m making a difference. And I think that continuity matters. I would consider that possibility if the option appeared.”
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) May 17-19—17th Astronautics Conference of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI Astro 2016), Ottawa, Canada. For more information go to www.casi.ca/astro
The U.S. Navy plans to send out requests for information (RFIs) in the coming weeks for the second increment of its Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program, says Capt. John Bailey, program manager for the service’s Airborne Electronic Attack Systems.
Recent missile tests show marked improvement for the AIM-9X and AIM-120 missiles, says Capt. Jim Stoneman, program manager for the U.S. Navy air-to-air missile office.
Parker Aerospace has exclusively licensed an environmentally friendly fuel-tank inerting technology that does not use engine bleed air or vent unburned fuel vapor in flight.
Within two years of the J-20’s first flight, China tested a second next-generation fighter prototype. Referred to as the FC-31, the prototype is similar in size to a U.S. F-35 fighter and appears to incorporate design characteristics similar to the J-20, according to a Pentagon report.
